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- October 6, 2024
Genomic discrimination and New Zealand insurance
Genomic discrimination and New Zealand insurance – or, how what you don’t know can hurt you By Susanne, Hauora Health…
- September 27, 2024
Small amendments to Privacy Act proposed
The Statutes Amendment Bill (currently awaiting first reading) includes some small but useful changes to the Privacy Act 2020. One…
- September 16, 2024
Comment on government advertising on social media
Gehan Gunasekara recently did a number of interviews about government agencies sharing information with social media as a way of…
- September 15, 2024
Biometrics and Health Apps
In our first article , Brendan from our Hauora Health Privacy Working Group provided an overview of what is biometric…
- July 23, 2024
What is Biometric Information? A Beginner’s Guide
What is Biometric Information? A Beginner’s Guide Brendan Marks, Hauora Health Privacy Working Group You might have heard of biometric…
- June 16, 2024
What ‘Free’ AI Chatbots Are Really Costing You
What 'Free' AI Chatbots Are Really Costing You Devi Ganesan, Data Scientist & Artificial Intelligence Practitioner pdf version AI chatbots…
- April 9, 2024
Are Cookies good or bad for you?
Are Cookies good or bad for you? John Wiseman, Privacy in Digital Economy Working Group pdf version Cookies, tiny virtual…
- September 15, 2023
General Elections – questions to political parties
We want to know how the upcoming General Election will impact the protection of privacy of New Zealanders. Will our…
- September 9, 2023
Think before you spit! – genetic data and commercial DNA tests
Think before you spit! We would like to raise awareness about commercial DNA tests and their flaws. The industry has…
- May 8, 2023
Waikato District Health Board Cyber incident response
The Privacy Foundation’s Hauora Health Privacy Working Group has considered the final published independent report that examined the incident and…
- February 21, 2023
Seeing the forest and the trees: using de-identification effectively to protect privacy
This new commentary, written by the members of the Privacy in the Digital Economy Working Group, advocates for more transparency…
- July 8, 2022
Online learning at New Zealand schools and privacy
Online learning at New Zealand schools and privacy Privacy Foundation New Zealand, as part of its programme for 2022, has…
- June 28, 2022
An Independent review of ACC’s privacy practices is a valuable lesson for
The Privacy Foundation Committee wishes to draw members’ attention to the recently released review of access to and use of…
- June 23, 2022
New law could undermine confidence in official statistics
Len Cook Stuff, 23 June 2022 www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/129031126/new-law-could-undermine-confidence-in-official-statistics
- December 4, 2021
Submission: Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Bill
The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties, 2 December 2021 https://nzccl.org.nz/submission-digital-identity-services-trust-framework-bill/
- December 3, 2021
NZ’s Covid vaccination legislation: the fastest law in the west
Gehan Gunasekara, Dr Marcin Betkier and Kathryn Dalziel Newsroom, 3 December 2021 www.newsroom.co.nz/nzs-covid-vaccination-legislation-the-fastest-law-in-the-west
- November 5, 2021
How websites are manipulating you to spend more
An interview with Foundation member Dr Cherie Lacey Radio New Zealand, 5 November 2021 www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018819306
- November 1, 2021
Privacy online: The endless creep of surveillance
Richard Walker Stuff, 30 October 2021 www.stuff.co.nz/technology/126681533/privacy-online-the-endless-creep-of-surveillance
- October 26, 2021
Covid-19: Vaccination certificates raise questions of privacy and trust
Andrew Ecclestone Stuff, 25 October 2021 www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/300437423/covid19-vaccination-certificates-raise-questions-of-privacy-and-trust
- October 16, 2021
Many of New Zealand’s most popular websites use ‘dark patterns’ to manipulate
Cherie Lacey and Alex Beattie The Conversation, 15 October 2021 theconversation.com/many-of-new-zealands-most-popular-websites-use-dark-patterns-to-manipulate-users-is-it-time-to-regulate-169538
- October 7, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates in Aotearoa New Zealand
Contributed by the Health Care and Policy Working Group COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates in Aotearoa New Zealand
- March 23, 2021
Is the current definition of personal information enough to protect individuals from
Contributed by the Privacy in Internet Economy working group Is the current definition of personal information enough to protect?
- March 12, 2021
Why police surveillance can’t be carte blanche
Gehan Gunasekara Newsroom, 12 March 2021 www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/why-police-surveillance-cant-be-carte-blanche
- January 5, 2021
Data Use Protections for NZ COVID Tracer
News articles on January 4/5 2021 reported that the Singaporean government had done a U-turn on the data use protections…